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General Software Discussion / What's going on with Java?

« Last post by tomos on April 28, 2018, 05:01 AM »

So, what's going on with Java?
Updated Java and got shown this page:

Oracle Java SE 8 Release Updates

Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 will remain available for individual, personal use through at least the end of 2020.

Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 released after January 2019 will not be available for business, commercial or production use without a commercial license.

If you are a CONSUMER using Java for individual, personal use, you will continue to have the same access to Oracle Java SE 8 updates as you do today through at least the end of 2020. In most instances, the Java-based applications you run are licensed separately by a company other than Oracle (for example, games you play on your PC are likely developed by a gaming company). These applications may run on the Java platform and be dependent on Oracle Java SE 8 updates beyond 2020. Accordingly, Oracle recommends you contact your application provider for details on how they plan to continue to provide application support to you.

If you are a DEVELOPER, Oracle recommends you review the roadmap information for Java SE 8 and beyond and take appropriate action depending on the type of application you develop and your distribution model.

I did a search but didnt find anything relevant.

(I am pretty ignorant of Java, what it does, why I even need it: I did uninstall it for a while a couple of years ago or so, but eventually reinstalled it because it was required for some software I was using. Cant even remember which software it was   I really have to start keeping a computer diary)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Backup Software recommendations 2018?

« Last post by tomos on April 27, 2018, 02:31 PM »

thanks Merle -- they -- it's actually for my sister, so I'll say she -- she is trying out BackUp Maker as recommended on gizmo's freeware
https://www.ascomp.d...pmaker/tab/functions
https://www.techsupp...ent/backup-maker.htm

Free and paid versions are the same -- paid is for commercial use, but is reasonable. I dont *think* it does block level / partial file backup -- must check see if your recommendations do.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Clipmate replacement (particulary if I can export my current database to it

« Last post by tomos on April 27, 2018, 02:13 PM »

Stripping formatting from text clips.
Keeping formatting/rich text

-DougWeller (April 27, 2018, 05:59 AM)

with mouser's CHS:
the last clip copied is with formatting (but can easily be pasted as plain text). Older clips are all plain text.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Convert jpeg to printable pdf poster

« Last post by tomos on April 26, 2018, 01:58 PM »

Seems like wraith removed the spam

FWIW these days poster printing is easy once the PDF is made -- size of image/PDF doesnt matter -- open in Adobe Reader and print as poster, choosing scale and amount of overlap. You can see from the dotted lines how many pages it will print.

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder 2018 Fundraiser

« Last post by tomos on April 26, 2018, 04:43 AM »

Wow, the target of €10K firmly beaten 

-dluby (April 26, 2018, 02:36 AM)

yaaah
makes me happy to see that...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Mailwasher Pro 40% off this week

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2018, 03:27 PM »

Thanks, link just goes to empty cart, here a better one:

they only offering 25% off at the site -- where did you get the 40% discount?

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2018, 02:46 PM »

hi SheilaDi, and welcome to dc

Have over 200 cat pins.

-SheilaDi (April 25, 2018, 02:15 PM)

is a pin like, a brooch? Would love to see a pic of some of them (if you felt like sharing -- and trying to figure out how to show in new post -- tip: click preview and then below the textbox you can add image). There's a lot of cat fans around here (lots of dog fans too).

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to change a HotKey?

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2018, 04:57 AM »

hi andrewlen

see the top half of your screenshot:
Shift+Prtscr is one of the listed 'fixed' hotkeys -- you can change it there in the dropdown list.

PS I am unable to get a screenshot of the hotkeys 'page' in options -- I can get shots of other pages -- di you have a problem getting that screenshot?

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Living Room / Re: The new CMS is now LIVE! - Please report any bugs/issues here.

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2018, 02:53 PM »

Now, if I only knew what CMS means.....???

-hawleyj (April 24, 2018, 10:00 AM)

Content management system^w

EDIT// Oops, I missed that there was another page in this thread

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Living Room / Re: grab urls

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2018, 02:51 PM »

I installed Jdowloader2 and this horrible software changed my Firefox search engine to horrible bing.com!
I wonder how can I revert it back and what other 'alterations' it made to my system??

-kalos (April 22, 2018, 12:19 PM)

Were you not change (back) the default search engine and home page yourself (?)

And can you elaborate on the 'fake google results'?

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder 2018 Fundraiser

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2018, 02:46 PM »

We're in the green for the home stretch!!!
[ Invalid Attachment ]

-mouser (April 24, 2018, 10:18 AM)

over 8k now, been really moving again in the last day and a half

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Living Room / Re: Wrist watch voice recorder

« Last post by tomos on April 22, 2018, 01:25 PM »

He can make as many requests as he wants to.  We don't have to answer him.  And we certainly don't have to make fun of his responses.

-wraith808 (April 22, 2018, 12:32 PM)

First, I agree with Wraith above. (And I have been guilty of same in the past.)

Sometimes, I give up and forget and no longer pursue my requirements because I cannot find something satisfying, I don't see what problem this causes to you.

-kalos (April 22, 2018, 12:18 PM)

It is about a lot more than this -- that was just one point in about six or seven in my last post. I'm not saying all this to give you a hard time Kalos. I would like though if you could see the POV of the people who try and help you. I still think this is a good learning opportunity for you, and maybe for 'us' too.
At the end of the day, it's about communication, and respect.
The way I see it, you have been persistently asked to make more of an effort when asking for help -- and you dont do that.
Maybe Wraith's point that people simply stop trying so much to help you is the best idea. Stop helping = less stress + Kalos doesnt get a hard time :-/

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Living Room / Re: Wrist watch voice recorder

« Last post by tomos on April 22, 2018, 11:04 AM »

I don't know why you bully me all the time....

-kalos (April 21, 2018, 07:24 PM)

there has been an unfortunate dynamic evolving Kalos, but there is a lot you can do about it. You've been fairly thick-skinned up until now -- which, on the one hand, I admire, but it seems to have the disadvantage that you dont listen to / take note of what people say -- or you decide to ignore.  You could take this as an opportunity to learn a few things. Here a couple of examples:

1) OP has asked for recommendations for software to perform a certain function.
2) Recommendations were given but OP gives no indication that any of them have actually been tried apart from being downloaded and having the AV complain about them.
3) [Insert number here] months later OP repeats same request and provides no explanation of why any previous suggestion was unsuitable because he has not tried them.
4) Repeat from step 2.

-4wd (April 20, 2018, 04:26 PM)

hi Kalos
I have said elsewhere:

you *consistently* start threads without giving enough information -- this then has to be dragged out of you one question at a time. I need a lot of help on computer myself: I'm the opposite of an expert. One of the things I learned very quickly (I was told) is this: be as helpful as possible when asking for help. Give as much info as you possibly can, do research beforehand, and let them know what you found/didnt find. If a problem, try and fix it yourself: report on that. If you are helpful in these ways, you make the job of the person helping you much easier, and much more rewarding.
I'm no saint, I forget all that regularly, but I'm aware of it, and make up for it where and when I can.

now imagine you want to help some person who has made a post about uninstalling games:
what other info would you need / want in order to be able to help that person?

Requires a little thought maybe, and writing things clearly so we understand without too much effort or interrogation.

-tomos (May 04, 2017, 02:52 AM)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Slow capture

« Last post by tomos on April 22, 2018, 10:47 AM »

I usually have a delay of one to two seconds at the most with a much slower machine**. But it can depend on what you're taking shots of -- is it mostly browser/s? There is a relevant setting in preferences that may help with those:
Basic Capturing >Capture Options >Retrieve URL [untick]

** if I take a lot of shots, it does slow down a lot.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on April 21, 2018, 09:24 AM »

Lovely mandolin, singing, guitar(acoustic):
Led Zeppelin - Going to California - Live 1975

while I'm at it,
When the Levee Breaks

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Living Room / Re: Thanks for the DC Credits - 3D Printer purchased

« Last post by tomos on April 21, 2018, 02:30 AM »

So,

-mouser (April 20, 2018, 07:46 AM)

via Dc-Translate =

One of my favorite things about this site is people working together and supporting each other's projects... This is a really nice example of that.
And no words can describe the difference that the mascot Cody that Nick created, has made on the spirit of this site.

-mouser (April 20, 2018, 12:07 PM)

both work for me :-)
Thumbs up to nudone and mouser

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Living Room / Re: grab urls

« Last post by tomos on April 19, 2018, 11:27 PM »

^ already addressed AFAICS.
And you say you can use a different browser - try PaleMoon or Firefox ESR

I gave Downthemall a try, but is there a way to make the downloads delay every x seconds so that I won't abuse the server???

-kalos (December 02, 2016, 05:48 PM)

You can configure concurrent downloads and downloads-per-server in DownThemAll - that really should be all you need to to avoid "abusing" anything

-f0dder (December 27, 2016, 10:16 AM)

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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: BaseImage

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2018, 04:57 PM »

. . . and me explaining the obvious

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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: BaseImage

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2018, 03:52 PM »

^ if you mean the previous post:

the scrolling problem (due to the '117-line strings') goes from being a vertical problem to being a horizontal one (once wordwrap turned off).

(With apologies in advance if you meant something completely different!)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Maya Paint effects screensaver randomizer

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2018, 12:32 AM »

I wish "JazW" was here, he is the one who wrote this amazing tool!

-Ponsonnet (April 15, 2018, 06:08 PM)

Did You try sending a PM?

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2018, 02:51 PM »

Joss Stone with guitarist Leon King (+ band of course) -- I Put a Spell on You
North Sea Jazz Festival 2017

I believe her first version of this was with Jeff Beck, but I love the guitar in this one:

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Living Room / Re: Public thanks to the person from Belarus who sent me a postcard

« Last post by tomos on April 11, 2018, 02:31 PM »

It had a proper wax seal on the back of the envelope, a rouble taped to it, and a hand made silver scratch-off message!
It was very fun opening it.

-mouser (April 11, 2018, 07:06 AM)

sounds intriguing 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on April 06, 2018, 03:33 PM »

@Tomos: Sorry, but I thought Google's blocking this [API] was already quite clear from the Picasa blog:

-IainB (April 06, 2018, 03:05 PM)

clear from their blog as of March 26th 2018 (it may have been clear earlier, but I dont think so) -- either way, I, and lots of other people using Picasa this way didnt know about it.

There's nothing to stop you from using Picasa as an image management tool/database, and shipping up the photos to Google Photos, as required. (I had thought that was what you were intending doing.)

-IainB (April 06, 2018, 03:05 PM)

the nice thing about Picasa is you can create as many albums as you like:
Family photos are a good example -- using Picasa's face-recognition 'face-tags' I created albums for each family within the extended family; an album for my mother's family; an album for each brother and sister; for each aunt/uncle; etc. They're all subsets of the full collection of photos. AFAICS these albums are now useless (because I hadnt synced them yet).

I am unable to reproduce them in google photo without starting from scratch (it doesnt recognise Picasa's face-tags). I guess I'll just copy them from the Picasa album to a new local folder and offer them as zipped downloads -- not so accessible, especially to non-computer-literate people. Although...
I wonder if I upload an image twice to google photo -- to two different albums, will it recognise that it has the images already, and just 'tag' the copy it has already with the new album.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Picasa "Sunset" version - Mini-Review and anchor-point

« Last post by tomos on April 06, 2018, 01:57 PM »

Google has disabled Picasa's ability to upload / download / sync photos to google photo.

The Picasa Desktop application will no longer support uploading or downloading photos and videos, creating online albums, or deleting online photos, videos and albums (see our update in the blog post here). If you try to upload or download, you may see something like:

    “Failed to download album list”
    “Error: Failed to retrieve URL for upload”
    “Error: Request failed”
    The upload manager staying at 0% progress

If you want to upload photos and videos to Google Photos, you can use Backup and Sync at photos.google.com/apps.

https://productforum...c/picasa/brvRowxSDcM

I hate google right now :-/

-tomos (April 06, 2018, 01:54 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on April 06, 2018, 01:54 PM »

Google has disabled Picasa's ability to upload / download / sync photos to google photo.

The Picasa Desktop application will no longer support uploading or downloading photos and videos, creating online albums, or deleting online photos, videos and albums (see our update in the blog post here). If you try to upload or download, you may see something like:

    “Failed to download album list”
    “Error: Failed to retrieve URL for upload”
    “Error: Request failed”
    The upload manager staying at 0% progress

If you want to upload photos and videos to Google Photos, you can use Backup and Sync at photos.google.com/apps.

https://productforum...c/picasa/brvRowxSDcM

I will edit first post to reflect this.
I hate google right now :-/